A European drug safety committee is looking into how Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations are affecting women’s menstrual cycles. While the regulator is still saying there is no reason to suspect that vaccines affect fertility, the investigation has been re-opened after a spate of reports of issues following the vax. Elsewhere, Pfizer appears to be anticipating some… Read More A warning shot
It was hard to miss the news that tensions have been high between Russia and America. Reports that President Putin has been amassing soldiers along the Ukrainian border, threatening to invade, have been circulating for a while. While Ukraine has been important to Russia and much was made of President Putin’s comments about the break up of the… Read More Pearl-clutching and saber-rattling
The “no jab, no job” juggernaut continued last week, with layoffs in many businesses, as we reported. But could it all be a fiction? Joy Pullman wrote at The Federalist that President Biden’s vaccine mandate is just a press release and has no real authority. Her piece is well worth reading and considering. While the Biden administration is threatening “dishonorable discharge” for… Read More Not even a paper tiger
It was been reported this week that General Mark Milley, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went rogue earlier this year. In a soon-to-be-released book critical of the Trump administration, journalist Bob Woodward claims that General Milley made an unsanctioned call to Chinese military officials, assuring them that he would warn… Read More General Confusion
Last week saw the final American soldier leave Afghanistan and the Taliban were glad to see him go. The future there is uncertain but with its troubled history of serial regime change, it would seem that for many Afghans, it’s business as usual. Lots of questions remain unanswered, including the claim that the US military knew of one of… Read More Exit Wounds
Anyone would be hard-pressed to avoid the news about Afghanistan last week, even those of us who have unplugged from bluescreens. The tragic images of young women pleading with soldiers to save them from the Taliban, are only slightly less harrowing than the footage of mothers passing their babies over razor wire to US troops at the Kabul airport. … Read More A hasty retreat
Homeland Security has issued a warning about a vague terror threat after a “rise in anti-government sentiment”. Here’s NBC’s summary (13 minute mark): opposition to COVID measures, and claims there was election fraud represent a potential terror threat. After the recent withdrawal of remaining foreign troops in Afghanistan, the Taliban has quickly moved to take the country for their… Read More Threats, real and imagined
We reported earlier this year about the military’s embrace of the ideals of Progressivism. Rather than focusing on lethality, the armed forces seem distracted over ensuring women and transgender soldiers are in their ranks, meeting racial diversity quotas, developing maternity flight suits and snuffing out “domestic” terrorism. Peachy Keenan has written for the American Mind saying that many servicemen are afraid to… Read More Military
The debate about women in the military and what capacity they should serve was reignited recently with Tucker Carlson taking [virtual] flak for comments he made on the subject. Speaking two days earlier at a press conference (relevant comments begin at 14:35), President Biden stated that the Defense Department was “creating maternity flight suits” and developing body… Read More Battle for the sexes
